Lynn Hershman Leeson
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To Exalt the Ephemeral: The (Im)permanent Collection
To Exalt the Ephemeral: The (Im)permanent Collection draws from BAMPFA’s art and film collections to explore how museums collect, care for, and amplify the work of artists who celebrate ideas of ...
Archive Rooms: Selections from Special Collections at Stanford Libraries – Ongoing
A San Francisco-based filmmaker and multimedia artist, Lynn Hershman Leeson is widely recognized for her prescient work in media-based practices and commentary on the relationship between people and ...
Lynn Hershman Leeson Film Retrospective at MoMA – June 7-20, 2024
This retrospective features Hershman Leeson’s complete, four-part “Cyborg Series,” including Cyborgian Rhapsody – Immortality (2023), which was written, performed, and designed by an artificial ...
Seduction of a Cyborg Screens at MAMCO Genève
"In her video Seduction of a Cyborg (1994), technology is illustrated as an infectious disease that destroys a woman’s immune system. A blind protagonist agrees to receive physical treatment to restore ...
Exhibition: GUARDIANS
Logic Paralyzes the Heart (2022) and Missing Child Born 2019 (2021) are featured in GUARDIANS at Walburger Gallery in Brussels. The exhibition runs from April 24, 2023 until June 1, 2024. Read more here.
Exhibition: Anti-Aging
Lynn Hershman Leeson's work is featured at Bridget Donahue Gallery in New York, NY. The exhibition runs from April 4th to May 18th, 2024.
Lynn Hershman Leeson is an Honoree at the 2024 Museums by Moonlight Gala
The event, benefitting the Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, takes place in Stanford, CA on September 14 2023.
BAMPFA Pays Tribute to Lynn Hershman Leeson
The 2024 Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Art and Film Benefit takes place in Berkeley, CA on March 9th, 2024.